Collaborate Disseminate
Phishing emails tell recipients that their voter’s registration applications are incomplete – but instead steal their social security numbers, license data and more. Continue reading Voter Registration ‘Error’ Phish Hits During U.S. Election Frenzy
Threat actors are becoming increasingly sophisticated in launching disinformation campaigns – and staying under the radar to avoid detection from Facebook, Twitter and other platforms. Continue reading Disinformation Spurs a Thriving Industry as U.S. Election Looms
Facebook users will see notices labeling “state-controlled media”, based on criteria such as funding, editorial independence, ownership structure and more. Continue reading Facebook labels ‘state-controlled’ Russian, Chinese, Iranian media
Russia is still using social media in a sustained campaign to dabble in US affairs, according to FBI director Chris Wray. Continue reading FBI director warns of sustained Russian disinformation threat
The US Government is working on an electronic voting system that it hopes will prevent people from tinkering with voting machines at the polls. Continue reading DARPA is working on an open source, secure e-voting system
The US election might be different in 2020 thanks to a project by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the US Department of Defense research division, aiming at bullet-proofing voting machines by moving away from proprietary software that… Continue reading DARPA to Develop $10 Million Open Source Voting System
The manual turns good advice on its head, telling officials to use, reuse and recycle weak passwords. Continue reading Voting machine manual tells officials to reuse weak passwords
Just a couple of weeks before the US midterm elections, journalists have revealed that Facebook is continuing to approve fake advertisements from fake sources. Continue reading Facebook is still approving fake political ads
As more states take cybersecurity and privacy issues into their own hands, experts worry that big tech will push for preemption. Continue reading Privacy Regulation Could Be a Test for States’ Rights
The new preventative cybersecurity powers include potentially acting against countries considered friendly toward the US – a risky move, some say. Continue reading US military given the power to hack back/defend forward